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>>pabs3+(OP)
> Nobody really expects to be able to find anything of value in a Google search now

This is a categorically false premise. The kind of statement that only makes sense when you're in a deep bubble and entirely removed from the average person's use of the internet.

Deliberately removing yourself from Google is fine for the author who is more concerned about taking an ideological stance than they are about being discoverable, but removing yourself from Google is terribly bad advice for anyone who wants to help people find their content.

Many people do use Google to find content and people, even if you don't.

>>Aurorn+Nm
If everyone on HN stopped using Google and started using DuckDuckGo. And we told all our friends and family to do the same. Would it have an impact?

>>codetr+ev
Everyone on HN isn't enough to have an impact. And telling friends and family isn't good enough because changing default behaviors is very difficult in practice and they would listen do you, but ultimately keep doing what they're doing.

>>Eddy_V+kw
I agree, but when my 70 yo mother was visiting last month I watched her look something up on her ipad and she typed in "duckduckgo.com" to do it! I was amazed and asked how she learned to do that. Apparently, she learned it from me! She said she thinks it gives better results. Then I set it to her default search engine so she wouldn't have to type it.

>>OO000o+bJ
70 yo mother was visiting last month I watched her look something up on her ipad and she typed in "duckduckgo.com"

If you want your mother to bake you cookies, tell her she only needs to type "duck.com," not "duckduckgo.com."

At least until today. Now I get: Application error: a client-side exception has occurred (see the browser console for more information).

>>reaper+fP
ddg.gg still works.

>>JoshTr+lS
ddg.co as well :D